8:09 AM,
May 6, 2014

Democratic state Rep. Brett Hulsey, a candidate for governor, displays a Ku Klux Klan-style hood he sewed and plans to hand out at the Wisconsin Republican Party convention as a symbol of what he says is the GOP's racists policies.

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After a spate of threatening phone calls in the wake of his political hijinks last weekend, state Rep. Brett Hulsey said he's keeping a lower profile on the campaign trail.

Hulsey said he stopped announcing his statewide stops after "receiving several death threats" including one to his Capitol voicemail in Madison.

"I've asked my staff to contact the Capitol Police," Hulsey told Post-Crescent Media on Monday during a stop in Appleton. "I quit posting my schedule out of common sense. I'm not surprised by this stuff, and I'm not worried. I'm trained in hand-to-hand combat." ...